101 uses for a 1st level spell

[Olgar Shiverstone]

So what are some interesting, useful, and clever applications of 1st level D&D spells? Edition neutral -- pick your favorite spells!

I'll start:

1. Mount tower shields on your Tenser's Floating Disc = mobile firing platform for the party archer.

2. Grease + sloping hallway = expeditious retreat.

 

[Olaf the Stout]

Mount = Movable Cover!

Olaf the Stout

 

[hanasays]

Tenser's Floating Disk + Animate Rope + Mount = Horse-catapult?

 

[Lanefan]

Some 1e examples:

Spook + nearby cliff = fun

Magic Missile fired straight up = flare gun (we long ago ruled the missiles were visible due to a piece of 1e artwork)

Messenger on bird = self-delivered food source for trapped target

Ventriloquism on self-important noble = wonderful chaos!

Phantasmal Force to slowly "move" a wall outward such that people can sneak past between the illusionary wall and the real one, then slowly "put the wall back".

Lanefan

 

[RabidBob]

Baby + Sleep = Relief.

Adventuring Mothers Magazine asks if casting Sleep on your infant is Lawful; article on page 42.
Exclusive! Free Bassinet of Holding!
SHOCK STORY! My baby thinks the Invisible Servant is mommy!

 

[Noumenon]

Expeditious Retreat + Jump = +22 to jump = you can take 10 and dunk a basketball held between your thighs.